Mining Incidents

Redstar Coal

Controlled by Twin Pines LLC
Dora, Walker County, AL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0103292

Redstar has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2007–2009
Latest incident
Jul 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
54
citations
14
significant & substantial
$42,575
proposed penalties
$42,575
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
25
inspections on record
392
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 392 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Redstar has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$43K
proposed penalties
$43K
current assessed
$43K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
53 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-04-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

MSHA sampling at Redstar shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.34 mg/m3 (99% compliant) across 134 samples.

Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust
Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
0.34
dust avg (mg/m3)
4.27
dust max (mg/m3)
99%
within 1.5 mg/m3
134
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-04-15.
Silica (quartz)
8.2
silica avg (%)
14.6
silica max (%)
13
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-02-18.
Noise
0%
over PEL
35
samples
Most recent sample: 2010-01-06.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
Show 22 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q3 1,020 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 7,170 1 0 139.5
2010 Q1 19,618 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 23,222 4 1 172.3
2009 Q3 23,692 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 23,108 9 3 389.5
2009 Q1 25,546 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 30,181 13 4 430.7
2008 Q3 30,878 1 0 32.4
2008 Q2 23,619 8 2 338.7
2008 Q1 24,790 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 23,165 9 3 388.5
2007 Q3 24,149 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 21,565 1 0 46.4
2007 Q1 23,595 3 0 127.1
2006 Q4 20,251 2 0 98.8
2006 Q3 10,391 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,445 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,380 3 1 887.6
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2009 · 1 incident

July 25, 2009 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cherokee Mining LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking to the water pump when he stepped on the hose and slipped and fell.

2008 · 2 incidents

November 10, 2008 AL · Coal water truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cherokee Mining LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was pulling on the discharge end of a water pump and felt a pull in his lower back.

May 8, 2008 AL · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cherokee Mining LLC · Fall from machine

Employee fell from the service truck and landed on his neck/upper back.

2007 · 1 incident

November 26, 2007 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cherokee Mining LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was helping change battery on his dozer. His foot slipped and caught his hand on the battery door. It cut and broke his pinky finger on his right hand.

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The full compliance file on Redstar

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.